The Republican journal., 1887-10-13
Maine Matters.
THE LEE FAMILY RIRLE

| Maine Matters.
NEWS AND GOSSIP FROM ALL OVER THE STATE
THE LEE FAMILY BIBLE.
| Twenty-Five years ago a regiment of Maine
| soldiers were encamped OH Arlington Heights,
and the boys, understanding that anything be-
| longing to the rebels was common property
and. therefore, subject to confiscation, ransack-
| ed the old Lee mansion pretty thoroughly.
| They captured old pipes and cigars and wines
and pictures and everything that was portable
OF course they did not need many of these
| things. Such articles as had belonged to Gen
eral Lee had peculiar interest and were very
desirable One soldier, who arrived late, after
the desirable articles had been taken, found
the old family Bible, and sent it down East to
| his home in Maine. There were Bibles in
Maine. but none like this. After the war was
| over this soldier returned home. and found to
| his surprise the Bible contained all the usual
ingredients; including the ten commandments
and Apocrypha, but in addition to these, be-
| tween the Old and the New Testaments, was a
complete family record, giving the history of
| the Lee family for the past two hundred years.
The soldier was sorry he had taken the book,
| but too proud to acknowledge the fault, and SO
| held his peace. In the meanwhile bographers
We're at work on the life of General Lee and
certain dates regarding the birth and marriage
of his ancestors were wanting. If an old fam
| lily Bible could be found it would afford the
necessary Information. Advertisements We're
letter from Maine saying the Bible was in the
| possession of soldiers widow, who would
gladly restore it to the owner. Before the
property could be recovered, however, the
widow died. and then came another long wait
until the estate was settled But at last the
| book was fully identified and turned over to
messenger, who passed through Washington
| last week carrying it back to its rightful own
ers. The foolish act OF a boy soldier has hind
cred the completion of an important historical
| work q RbIp iS n a 81
| to its owner and the biographer can now COM
| plcte his task. " ashngton. II. c.. Repuh-
| lie.
TALE OF A PAINTED HORSE.
| 4 correspondent of the Ellsworth American
| says: After Abner Lee gave up carrying the
mail on horseback he sold his farm in North
] Hancock to George W. Buckmore, of Ellsworth.
| packed his effects and moved to Ellsworth into
tenement near A. p. lIarden's store. since
| burned down. ! think. Among his animals
was an old cream colored horse which had the
| run of the common; all animals had the run of
the street at that time. One night few of the
! roughS of the village caught the Old horse ard
took him into paint-shop and closed the doors
| to keep nlrutcrs out and, after procuring a
| pair of shears. they sheared his name and tail
snug to the skin and the rest of his body as
| close as they could with the implements of that
| day. And then they took two or three pots of
| the most gorgeous paint the shop afforded and
| painted him from the tip OF his nose to the end
of his tail. After they had him in the shop
| certain time, and the paint had begun to dry
| they turned him out Oh the street. Next morn
| ing he staiked up to his masters stable for his
mornings rations. and his owner seeing him
| from his window and recognizing him, went
/ out. and after patting him on the neck eXcain-
| ed:
"WelI. well. old roam. just see what YOU
have come to by getting into bad company"
| There are many people livin" in Ellsworth
who will remember seeing The old horse brows-
ing beside the street in his gorgeous attire.
PROHIBITION IN BANGOR.
A Bangor special of Oct ,. to the Boston
Journal says: There is considerable uneasiness
in this city at present over the prospects of the
! appointment of special conStables to enforce
the State liquor law. The liquor dealers here
have enjoyed immunity from general prosecu-
ton for many years. while those in other coun-
| ties than Penobscot have been followed up and
driven out of the business. As consequence
the hotels have been supplied with finely fitted
up bars, and many restaurants will compare
| favorably in their appointments for retailing
liquor with those of larger cities. Besides this,
| number of wholesale houses have been carry
ing on large business in suppl yns the dealers
| in this city and neighborng towns, and the
prospects of il general breaking up and the pen
| aities of the prohibitory amendments make
those engaged in the business feel rather un-
easy. The scare occasioncd last winter when
| the above amendments We're passed bv the Leg
islature ended quickly when the prospects for
their enforcement seemed small but now the
ghost appears again. and may prove a lively
one. If the law is enforced. Boston wholesale
liquor dealers will be benefited largely because
OF thes oppression OF the wholesale houses in
| Bangor.
| GOV. BODWELL INTERVIEWED.
When GOV. Joseph Il. Rodwell, of Maine,
was recently here he mingled freely with the
people in the corridors of the Fifth Avenue
Hotel, where his heavy figure and strong feat
ures came to be well known. In talking about
Maine politics, he said among other things:
'We have no politics at present. We do not
hold any general election this year and con-
sequently have only the liquor question to
agitate the people of the State. The agitation
comes up through the enforcement of the law.
! am letting them have the full benefit of the
law and enforcing it everywhere. If it is a
bad law the people can repea! it: 1t is my
| business to enforce it. Wherever they ask for
special constables l will appoint them, if !
can find good men and true to accept the posi-
ton. Some of the offenders have been arrest
ed, and one has run away. When his where
| abOut> are discovered we will send after him."
| The Governors summer home is at Small
Point. on the Maine coast, where he will build
Il hotel next season. New York Tribune.
FIRST MAINE CAVALRY.
The annual reunion of the First Maine Cav
airy Association was held in Bangor, Oct. 4.
Some 300 comrades reported. At a business
| >.
| Thomaston, president, presided. Bar Iiarbor
was chosen as the next place of meeting.
These officers were elected: President, Lieut..
=. Z. Tobie of Pawtucket. r. L.; vice-Presi-
dent. Sergt. Augustus X. DevereuN, of Ellis
worth; recording secretary, G. 4. F. Emery of
Boston; corresponding secretary, Lieut.. owen
Haskell of Pttstield; Treasurer, Gen. j. z.
| Cilley of Rockland. Maj. S. W. ThaNtcr, Col.
S. II. Allen, 1t. +. p. Tobie, Maj. ii. {. Hall
and DIR. John =. Sheahan were appointed COM
fb., stI,
power to act. Comrades J. T. Cilley. A. c.
Drinkwater. George NJ. Brown, Geo. +. jew
EFT and W. S. Howe were appointed a commit
tee to adopt design for the badge of the assoc
citation. There was banquet in Norombcga
| Hail in the evening.
AUGUSTA AROUSED.
The case of Mike Burns has so fully reused
the people of Augusta OH the question of the
right of the State to suppress the sale of i'm
ported liquors, that the matter will not be al
lowed to rest with the courts wholly. Before
the GeXt session of Congress several gentlemen
of Augusta will apply to Congressman Dingey
to have him use his influence to get incorporat-
ed in the Revised Statutes of the United States
an additional section which shall make dealers
i'll imported liquors answerabe to the State law
without any doubt. The section proposed will
be similar to that of the revenue laws, which is
as follows:
"The payment of any tax imposed by the in
terna revenue laws for carrying on any trade
or business shall not be held to exempt any per-
son from any penalty or punishment provided
by the laws of any State for carrying on the
same within such State, or i'll any measure to
authorize the commencement or continuance of
such trade or business contrary to the laws Of
such State. or in any places prohibited by mum
icipal law"
AN OUTSIDE OPINION IN THE BURNS CASE.
Judge Robert c. Pitman of Boston, has
written a letter to a prominent gentleman in
Augusta. regarding Judge W. p. Whitehouse's
charge in the famous Burns imported liquor
case, in which he says. in commenting upon it {:
"It is well reasoned and certainly sound in
principle. | think the Supreme Court of the
United States will pause before they affirm the
proposition, which it will be necessary to be-
fore they can overrule Judge Whitehouse, to
wit: That the right to import carries with it as
a necessary incident, right to use a building
in the State of Maine for the sale in such way
as to create statute nuisance" Judge Pitman
is one of the oldest and ablest members of the
Massachusetts Superior Court, and his words
carry much weight.
TIE APPOINTMENT OF TRUANT OFFICERS.
!, law of increased stringency relative to
compulsory education of children between the
ages of eight and fifteen years, and the appoint
ment of truant officers was passed by the Leg
islature. The law makes it obligatory upon